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SUMMER16 EDITORIAL 14 I have been looking forward to the summer. For some reason, this winter seemed to last an inordinately long time. So, here we are at last. 26 The festivals are back, of course, and we have our usual preview of what you can expect, from page 10. There’s a new food and drink festival for you to enjoy this year, joining the comedy, carnivals and live music. 24 38 Contents A fantastic service tackling isolation in the community, providing companionship, advice and a place to go, is featured on page 26; and a scheme encouraging firms to pay the London Living Wage to employees is up-and-running (page 24). Oh, and one of my favourite places in the borough, the Bunny Park, is featured on page 19. 26 NOT ALONE: Tackling isolation 5 LEADER’S NOTES: Thoughts of Julian Bell 28 BIG IDEAS: Changing small spaces 6 UP FRONT: Gates, skates and competition 30 KERBSIDE RECYCLING: What happens next? 9 SCHOOL JOURNEY: Map shows the way 32 EASY TO SWALLOW: Food waste collection 10 SUMMER FESTIVALS: Four-page preview 34 HEALTHY OPTION: How volunteering helps PUBLISHER Ealing Council, Marketing and Communications, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL, Tel: 020 8825 5000 14 SPLASHING CASH: New sports facilities 37 ROAD REPAIRS: Year of maintenance EDITOR Richard Nadal, [email protected] 16 MORE THAN RENT: Landlords and tenants 38 ON YOUR BIKE: Cycling for women 19 HANWELL’S ZOO: Visit, party, learn 40 HANGING OFFENCE: Trespass by vegetation 20 BUILDING CAREERS: How scheme can help 43 PARK IT ONLINE: Web-based services 23 TAKE A SEAT: Access to toilets 44 COUNCILLORS 48 LOCAL HISTORY: Ealing diary from 1936 51 WHAT’S ON ADVERTISING [email protected] Distribution: 137,500 copies. Ealing Council does not accept responsibility for goods or services offered by advertisers. Opinion expressed in this magazine is not necessarily that of the council. Please use your green box when you dispose of this and other magazines. Summer 2016 ACTON EALING GREENFORD HANWELL NORTHOLT PERIVALE SOUTHA LL 24 LIVING WAGE: Why it pays off See Around Ealing magazine, and much more, at Ealing News Extra: ealingnewsextra.co.uk Around Ealing Sum16_v8.indd Bins date: All change from 6 June p30 Beating loneline ss: Helping to end isolation p26 Great, big ideas: For changing small spaces p28 ealingnewsextra .co.uk Festivals fun Ealing Summer Festivals p10 WIN tickets to comedy p11 FRONT COVER: Having fun in the big top tent at last year’s Ealing Summer Festivals Richard Nadal EDITOR 4 UP FRONT: New mayor, new chief 1 around ealing Summer 2016 3